Trump aide Hope Hicks has Covid - Update Trump Tests Positive

...and she travels with Trump.

Top Trump aide Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus after traveling with president to debate​

...Hicks, who has been known to spend a lot of time with Trump, had traveled with the president to the debate Tuesday night in Cleveland. She was seen not wearing a mask.

Trump, 74, himself rarely wears a mask and has mocked his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, 77, for often wearing face coverings.

The White House didn’t comment on reports that Hicks had tested positive, but a spokesman issued a statement about the administration’s Covid-19 protocols.
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Seriously...he's been tempting fate for a long time now. I'm not hoping she gave it to him, but it wouldn't surprise me at this point either.
 
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the medical care he is getting VS the lies he spread to the american public is on parade:

1 early and frequent testing/diagnosis of COVID saves many (most?) lives

2 early usage of Regeneron during the 1st few days after contracting decreases mortality rate across all age groups

the combination of the above early diagnosis and early treatment (with a vaccination that has been available for 3 to 4 months) means that many lives could have been saved.

americans still needing days for test results shall never be forgotten.

he deserves the fate waiting for him in Dante's most inner circle of hell.
 
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One week ago tomorrow there was this big event outside the WH with invited guests for the announcement of Barrett's nomination, remember?

Look ma who's afraid of covid-19? Jeeeeeez. I see masks on only a couple of White House or military aides. And that guy getting all hands-on with Senator Lee and his wife and then wiping his nose.. ok then...

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1312070451535978510/
 
I'm reading reports in the Guardian that suggest that this - the condition he - Mr Trump - has contracted - is worse than reported (for all of the reasons that @PearsonX has mentioned) and that the transport to hospital is more than merely "precautionary", but also, worse and characteristically nasty and selfish, that firstly, Mr Biden had to learn that Mr Trump had contracted Covid from the news, (rather than receiving the courtesy of a communication or warning, or suggestion, to get tested as he may have become infected), and secondly, that Mr Trump may already have been infected on Tuesday, may have known that this was the case, prior to the debate, and declined to appraise anyone of this, thereby possibly placing them at risk of infection.

If true, while I am sorry that he is ill (I'd rather see him on trial, convicted, and behind bars), this is characteristically disgraceful and disgusting behaviour.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
I'm reading reports in the Guardian that suggest that this - the condition he - Mr Trump - has contracted - is worse than reported (for all of the reasons that @PearsonX has mentioned) and that the transport to hospital is more than merely "precautionary", but also, worse and characteristically nasty and selfish, that firstly, Mr Biden had to learn that Mr Trump had contracted Covid from the news, (rather than receiving the courtesy of a communication or warning, or suggestion, to get tested as he may have become infected), and secondly, that Mr Trump may already have been infected on Tuesday, may have known that this was the case, prior to the debate, and declined to parade anyone of this, thereby possibly placing them at risk of infection.

If true, while I am sorry that he is ill (I'd rather see him on trial, convicted, and behind bars), this is characteristically disgraceful and disgusting behaviour.
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Anyone who thinks Trump would not knowingly run around without a mask while knowing he has been exposed hasn't been paying attention for the last four years.
 
I thought I saw clips of him (fairly pale, rather than his more usual roseate and russet hue) walking to and disembarking from the helicopter, (albeit masked, as were those who accompanied him).

The really interesting contrast is with Mr Putin; earlier this week, I read a fascinating article on the truly extraordinary precautions he has taken since the advent of the corona virus; anyone who wishes to meet him must quarantine for a fortnight first (and that included the WW2 veterans in whose company he reviewed the May parade), and undergo an extraordinary battery of medical tests and be prepared to take a series of stipulated precautions.
 
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I thought I saw clips of him (fairly pale, rather than his more usual roseate and russet hue) walking to and disembarking from the helicopter, (albeit masked, as were those who accompanied him).

The really interesting contrast is with Mr Putin; earlier this week, I read a fascinating article on the truly extraordinary precautions he has taken since the advent of the corona virus; anyone who wishes to meet him must quarantine for a fortnight first (and that included the WW2 veterans in whose company he reviewed the May parade), and undergo an extraordinary battery of medical tests and be prepared to take a series of stipulated precautions.
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Yesterday, my wife said "why does he sound so hoarse? I wonder if he caught something", to which I replied, "he's campaigning every day honey, I'm sure it's nothing".

As usual, my wife was right.
 
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Jim Acosta of CNN tweeted that WH officials are quite concerned about Trump now and his symptoms are worse than those of the First Lady. Per "sources" not further identified at the moment.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1312172504148893698/
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I spotted that tweet.

Another tweet that I have just read, also quoting "sources" said that this is "serious", that Mr Trump was "exhausted" and "very fatigued", and seems to have experienced some breathing difficulties.
 
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I spotted that tweet.

Another tweet that I have just read, also quoting "sources" said that this is "serious", that Mr Trump was "exhausted" and "very fatigued", and seems to have experienced some breathing difficulties.
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Well from what I've read of people who have a substantial reaction to the illness, they're often surprised at how fast it comes on and how badly affected their respiratory capability is.

After all, most of us who are in generally good health (free of apparent major illness etc) might be used to discomforts of a cough with a cold or flu, but not to the point where just getting enough air into the lungs is perceived. Of course that would be terrifying, and of course they don't want to have to take Trump into hospital later for a severe onset, or even for his reaction to the antibodies injection. So it's good he's already located for optimum necessary treatment.
 
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And - again from what I have been reading - he also seems to have what is described as "a fever". that temperature increase that is one of the true symptoms of Covid-19.
 
@lizkat: I edited my own post - which you had quoted; my spellcheck (and keyboard) are both causing issues; what I had thought I had written (and had intended to write) was "serious", but it was changed to "series".
 
Thanks for the fix then... I sure wasn't going to notice it or the fix, most likely!

[ I don't even see my own typos and repeat-worded goof-ups any more... some of that is from slow DSL sometimes and a buffering issue from my fast but inaccurate typing, but some of it's a keyboard cover on my laptop and some of it's multitasking with an iPhone and an iPad in play at the same time. The alternative is letting Apple guesstimate what I was meaning to say. sometimes I don't get where they pull their ideas from but my own typos are usually closer to the real mark.]​
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On some earlier wonderment about Trump going to Walter Reed:​
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ericgtr12 said:
He didn't make an appearance, they snuck him on the Marine One. :oops:
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Thomas Veil said:
Under a white sheet?
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ericgtr12 said:
Red hat, same thing.
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I saw somewhere on Twitter what happened is they released WH video shortly after but didn't want it to go out in real time. Not sure what that was all about. Security, whatever.
 
File under GOP / Fox chutzpah. After nominating Barrett they want Dems to play nice bc Trump is sick. If he hadn't nominated Barrett then half the people in that Rose Garden wouldn't be testing positive this week. Senators Lee and Tillis have now both been diagnosed... meanwhile Fox News wants Biden to fucking suspend his campaign for two weeks?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1312186133640429573/
 
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File under GOP / Fox chutzpah. After nominating Barrett they want Dems to play nice bc Trump is sick. If he hadn't nominated Barrett then half the people in that Rose Garden wouldn't be testing positive this week. Senators Lee and Tillis have now both been diagnosed... meanwhile Fox News wants Biden to fucking suspend his campaign for two weeks?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1312186133640429573/
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Hoo (fanning my face), the gall takes my breath away! Like it’s a board game and not for real stakes.
 
lizkat said:
File under GOP / Fox chutzpah. After nominating Barrett they want Dems to play nice bc Trump is sick. If he hadn't nominated Barrett then half the people in that Rose Garden wouldn't be testing positive this week. Senators Lee and Tillis have now both been diagnosed... meanwhile Fox News wants Biden to fucking suspend his campaign for two weeks?

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1312186133640429573/
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Aha. If they await the election with the SCOTUS nomination
 

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